How to Use belong in a Sentence

belong

verb

• She was here for 15 years, but she never really belonged.
• That alone should put the Big 12 on notice: The Bearcats belong.
  — Jason Williams, The Enquirer, 10 Jan. 2024
• But the 17-year-old doesn’t think police belong in schools.
  — Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 31 May 2023
• Blazy, with his fount of ideas, belongs firmly in the future camp.
  — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2024
• The ideology holds that a home belongs first to guests and God, and then to the owner.
  — Naomi Tomky, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2023
• But this begs the question, does oil belong on or in pizza?
  — Christina Manian, Rdn, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 June 2023
• And where do many young people turn to feel that sense of belonging?
  — Alex Miller, WIRED, 7 Nov. 2023
• If the item isn’t labeled a 1, 2 or 5, Aldridge said, it won’t be recycled and belongs in the black bin.
  — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2023
• But let the locals also feel the same sense of belonging.
  — Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 25 Feb. 2024
• That’s because those pants belong there, at least for now.
  — Rachel Kurzius, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2024
• Beyond the texture, the bedding looks like a set that belongs in a 5-star hotel.
  — Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 9 Sep. 2023
• There was an outcry from some country music fans who thought the song didn’t belong in the genre.
  — Janay Kingsberry, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2024
• Step into the heart of Bristowe and be greeted by a sense of belonging.
  — Bang Advertising Staff and Correspondents, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
• The remains belonged not only to men, but to women and children too.
  — Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2024
• Tell me these images don't belong on a Hallmark movie poster…I'll wait.
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 9 Mar. 2024
• Having lived and worked on both coasts, Nathan’s heart belonged in Kansas City.
  — Jaden Thompson, Variety, 6 Sep. 2023
• What’s 20 feet long, 8 feet high, belongs in the Smithsonian — but could end up in your garage?
  — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Nov. 2023
• Knight stressed the need for a sense of belonging within the community.
  — Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 21 June 2023
• This isn’t to suggest all of these issues belong on McDaniels’ desk.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2023
• Some of the time, though, Rashad was around older teenagers, many of whom had found a sense of belonging and purpose in neighborhood crews.
  — Emily Davies, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2024
• Studies show that a sense of purpose, progress and belonging at work are paramount.
  — Raphael Crawford-Marks, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
• Connection and belonging is one of the core needs of human beings.
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 20 Sep. 2023
• But my answer isn’t about who specifically does or doesn’t belong on the couch.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
• Like the character meant to parallel his life, Huu Can Tran lacked a sense of belonging.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2023
• Religion belongs in the home, at church, in a synagogue, mosque and temple.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2023
• The story kicks off when a homeless little ghost knocks on the door of the eccentric residents of a Ghost Train on the lookout for a place to belong.
  — Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 16 Feb. 2024
• That soup does not belong in the frozen foods section and that shirt definitely isn’t produce.
  — Yadi Rodriguez, cleveland, 27 July 2023
• Starting on the passenger side and working around the car to the driver's side, remove anything that doesn't belong in the car and put it in the laundry basket.
  — Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2023
• The book explores the lives that inhabit the space while asking questions about belonging and the histories that linger all around us.
  — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2023
• All of these items, which end up in a landfill, actually belong in your compost bin.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 26 May 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024